The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-18

Lebanon, N. H., this week and some also
go to Barre.
Moretown.
ONE of the saddest events ever recorded
in the history of our town occurred last
Sunday morning. about one o'clock The
mill known as the old sash and blind fac
tory, and occupied by II. o. Ward as box
factory and grist-mill burned to the ground
and j. b. Fassett and wife, who occupied
rooms over the MILL perished in the flames.
Earlier in the evening fire was discovered
in hanger supporting shaft near some
gearing by Mr., Dale (who was running the
grist-milD and Mr.. Fassett. They extin-
guished 1t, as they thought, and nothing
more was seen of it until the mill was dis
covered by the neighbors to be in flames,
and it was then too late to save anything in
the building, or even the occupants, from
whom no outcry was heard. There was so
much combustble matter in the building
that it burned very quickly. After the
walls fell in, the body Of Mrs. Fassett was
discovered outside of the wall so burned as
to he unrecognizable, but the small part un-
consumed of the body of Mr.. Fassett was
not found until afternoon Sunday. No
alarm of fire was raised, so that many of
the villagers knew nothing about it until
morning. Besides the machinery, ETC., in
! the mill there was quite an amount of grain
owned by customers and between fifty and
seventy-tive thousand feet of lumber owned
! by'Mr. Ward. The machinery and stock were
partially insured Our village has been un-
usually free from loss by fire, and this event
called together a large number of people to
view the ruins - Quarterly meeting
services will be held here Sunday, May 30.
Presiding Elder Truax will be present.
60 Mrs. George Turner, whose illness
was noticed last week, died on Sunday.
The funeral services were held Tuesday.
Northfield.
G. d. EDGERToN will receive subscrip-
tons and advertisements for the WATCH
MAN. Office in Metcalfs block, over Blake's
store. - AT the annual meeting of the
Elmwood Cemetery Association last week
Tuesday the following were elected di-
rectors: j. X. Egerton, j. L. Abbott, N.
Huntley, Amasa Pearsons, Page Harris.
The directors chose j. X. Egerton presi-
dent, j. L. Abbott secretary and \. Huntley
treasurer. - A match game of baseball
was played on the University grounds Sat-
urday afternoon between the University
nine and picked nine from Barre, the re-
suit being twenty-nine to five in favor of
the cadets. - AT the adjourned auction
sale of the Office and lot of the late Judge
Carpenter Saturday the premises were
struck off to Freeman Hammond for S325-
cheap piece of property. - The young
ladies of the Young Won al's Christian Tenn
perance Union will hold =" Dairy-maids'
carnival " at Howes' hall on Friday evening
of this week Supper will be served from
five to seven, and the evenings entertain
ment will open at eight with grand prom
enade and drill by the " maids" The Uni
versity band will furnish music. This is
the first public entertainment under the
auspices of this society, and we hope will be
well attended &c. A. Edgerton, Jr.,
has moved into the Howe house on High
land avenue lately occupied by j. II. Tai
bot. - Miss Julia A. Holland has been
engaged to teach in the Brooks district.
- The band will play this "wednesday
evening on the stand at the east end of the
common. - The fence on the north and
east sides of the Congregational church
yard has been taken away and the looks of
the yard is much improved as well as the
appearance of the common. - Rev. w.
S. Hazen, DIR. Porter and w. w. Frost are
painting their houses. - DIR. Walling
returned last Friday from Florida. P.
NJ. Fletcher is clerk in Pease's Hotel at
Hartford. - Rev. j. o. Sherburn has
moved to Montpelier. - The Wall
street bridge has been found unsafe and has
been closed for teams. - John Moriarty
was arrested for intoXication Monday and
disclosed on Oscar F. Preston, who has re-
Gently opened saloon in Central block.
The hearing in Prestons case was set for
Saturday.
, GRADED SCHOOL NOTES.
THE following committees for class day
exercises We're elected: Kate Robbins, Mel
, lie Judd and Charles Blood, sophomores;
! Grace Ingalls, Nellie Winch and Dan
Morse, freshmen; Myrtle Shortridge, Ralph
Denny and Emily Stebbins, juniors. -
Charles Paine, Fred Davis and William
Bruidnell have left school. - The High
School nine played the Norwich University
t second nine last week Wednesday afternoon
and were defeated, twenty-five to ten. -
Miss Hassett, teacher in the grammar de-
, partment was sick two days last week.
- The captain of our baseball nine
has done well in soliciting funds. So far
we have $3.50 raised
Gouldsville.
: THE Northfeld Unversalist choir furn-
ished the music at the services here last
Sunday. Mr.. Booth will not preach here
again for four weeks - The boys from
this place who work at Lebanon, n. H., are
home for a weeks visit. - The band is
to have sociable at Good Templars hall
have decided to build new bridge on the
l.. ID. Jones road - S. f. Thompson
had runaway here one morning last week.
He was thrown out in the village and the
3 horse ran to Lanesville, where it was stopped,
none the worse for the exercise
', Plainfield.
1 SPECIAL train will leave Montpelier on
} Thursday evening, to return at half-fare all
3 persons that may attend the special revival
5 services held there under the lead of DIR.
: Pentecost. 1t is hoped by the Society of
1 Christian Endeavor that many from this
8 place will attend these services.
Roxbury.
5 j. ID. DENIsoN of Randolph was in town
on Wednesday last - w. S. Spalding
, is making extensive additions to his resi-
4 dence, building a double bay-window and
other extensions. - Zed S. Stanton, ad
ministrator of Jonas G. Sanders estate, Of
fers the farms belonging to that estate for
!, sale at public auction on Tuesday, May 31st
=, - Moses Spalding and wife of West
Y Randolph were the guests of S. K. Spalding
7 over Sunday. - Mrs. o. Richardson Of
Bellingham, Mass. is visiting at f. n.
: Spalding's. - e. n. Spalding was in
t Massachusetts, all of last week.
: Waitsfield
3 THE ladies of the Congregational society
e are having the vestry of the church frescoed
G and otherwise beautihed. - Mrs. Elijah
G Berry is very i'll. - Florence McCarty
Q fell from a ladder in his barn one day last
$ week and very seriously hurt his back.
y - s. p. Joslin is able to ride out a short
n distance. - AS G. e. Joslin was driving
S near the arch-bridge the king-bolt came out
: of his carriage throwing him and his daugh-
l. ter, Mrs. Allen, and her little daughter out
g and smashing up the carriage considerably.
No harm was done to the occupants excepting
+ some slight bruises and thorough scare.
e - Mrs. r. b. Fisk is visiting her friends,
@ and is to spend the summer with her mother
g and sister, Mrs. and Miss Bigelow. -
d Mrs, o. c. Campbell is confined to the house
g with rheumatism.